Shingle-bracket.



No. 732,388. PATENTED JUNE so, 1903.

N. WEBER. SHINGLE BRACKET.

APPLICATION I ILED DBO. 8, 1902- NO MODEL.

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NICHOLAS \VEBER, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK.

SHlNGLE-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 732,388, dated June 30, 1903.

' Application filed December 8, 1902. Serial No. 134,237. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS WEBER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingle-Bracketaof which the following is a specification,"reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

I My invention relates to an improved shingle-bracket; and I do declare that'the following is a full, clear, and concise description thereof, sufficient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts throughout.

A particular feature of my invention is that I have constructed a bracket in which the scaffolding'is secured without danger of being thrown out by the position of the parts when the bracket is clamped to the shingles. By a slight movement the scantling may be taken out of the bracket without, however, loosening the bracket itself from its supportingbe'aring on the shingles. When the scantling is taken out of the vbracket, the latter remains firmly seated in place and can be used as a support when the scantling is being changed from one bracket to another, and the removal of the scantling to all intent and purposes leaves the bracket in a firmly-supporting attachment to the roof or shingles.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my bracket attached to the roof. Fig. 2 is a crossseotional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a top view of my bracket.

In the drawings letter A represents shingles in place in the roof-boards.

B represents a strip of metal of suitable length and width whichis flattened at its front end, so as to be readily crowded under a shingle. The other end or heel is turned downwardly,.as shown at B, and terminates in teeth I), so that when the front or flattened end of the piece B is crowded under a shingle the heel rests upon the shingles of a lower tier and the portion B extends downwardly, so as to furnish ample clearance for the shingles under the plate B. On the part B, Irivet a similar strip 0, the point of the riveting being toward the heel B, as shown at c. This strip 0 is bent upwardly from the heel por- B at substantially a right angle and then forfrom portion B. In portion 13 and under the spring or arch portion D, I fix a bolt or threaded rivet d, which passes upward and through the portion D of the upper strip 0, where the threaded end is engaged by the nut E, which has an arm F thereon. This arm F serves the purpose of tightening the part D onto the shingle after the forward portion D of B has been driven thereunder, so that the two parts by the use of the screw E are clamped tightly onto the shingles. The scaffolding is then put in place in the stirrup or socket c and c,'and the nut-handle F is then turned downwardly, by which adjustment the scantling D cannot be thrown out of place by any pressure at any point thereon. When it is desired to remove the scaffold, the nut can be given a quarter-turn either way and the scantling be readily displaced without disturbing the support of the bracket on the shingles.

It is evident that my device may be made of any suitable material or of a'difierent form or proportion, and I do not limit myself to the identical structure shown in the drawings.

Having described my invention, now what I claim as new, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shingling-bracket, a strip adapted at one end to be thrust under a shingle and provided at the other end with heel-points to engage other portions of a roof, a superposed strip provided at its heel portion with a stirrup and at its forward end with a spring portion, adjustable clamping connections between the forward portions of the two strips, in combination, substantially as described.

2. In a shingling-bracket, a strip adapted to be driven under a shingle, a superposed strip securely fastened to the lower strip and at its forward end elevated above the lower strip, means for clamping the elevated portion to the opposed portion of the lower strip, a scantling-inclosing portion turned upward at the heel portion of the bracket, an arm on the clamping members and closing the stirrup portion, substantially as shown.

5. In a shingling-bracket, clamping members at one end of the same, a heel and a stirrup at the opposite end, means for closing and opening the stirrup without removing the bracket, in combination, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NICHOLAS WEBER.

Witnesses:

HARRY E. GOLDEN, E. '1. DE GIORGI. 

